Will Foley

{{Short description|American baseball player (1855–1916)}}

{{Other uses|William Foley (disambiguation){{!}}William Foley}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Will Foley

|position=Third baseman

|image=Will Foley 1874.jpg

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1855|11|15|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Chicago

|death_date={{death date and age|1916|11|12|1855|11|15}}

|death_place=Chicago

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=August 23

|debutyear=1875

|debutteam=Chicago White Stockings

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 22

|finalyear=1884

|finalteam=Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.228

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs scored

|stat3value=112

|teams=

• Chicago White Stockings (1875)
• Cincinnati Reds (1876–1877)
• Milwaukee Grays (1878)
• Cincinnati Reds (1879)
• Detroit Wolverines (1881)
• Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies (1884)

}}

William Brown Foley (November 15, 1855 – November 12, 1916) was a Major League Baseball third baseman. He played all or part of seven seasons in the majors, playing for five different teams in three different leagues. His career began in the National Association in {{Baseball year|1875}} with the Chicago White Stockings, and ended in the Union Association in {{Baseball year|1884}} with the Chicago Browns/Pittsburgh Stogies. From {{Baseball year|1876}} until {{Baseball year|1879}}, he was the starting third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Grays.